THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…SPENT FRIDAY
& SATURDAY...AT TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS IN…NORTH DAKOTA…AND THEN PACKED IT UP AND
HEADED TO WISCONSIN FOR A SUNDAY NIGHT AFFAIR...AND HERE’S WHO WAS HAULING THE
HARDWARE AROUND FROM THE WEEKEND…
BEGINNING WITH…FRIDAY…FROM…RIVER CITY SPEEDWAY
IN…GRAND FORKS IT WAS A LONG HARD NIGHT OF WORK…FOR…FAST QUALIFIERS …RR-AZ
ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ…WHO HAD TO REBOUND FROM A HEAT RACE CRASH TO WORK HIS WAY
INTO THE MAIN THRU THE SEMI… BEFORE CAPTURING THE "A" MAIN WIN…AHEAD OF…CRAIG
DOLLANSKY …IN 2ND…AND…JOEY SALDANA…3RD…
AND THEN…FROM...FARGO…(YA’ HEY…AND…YOU BETCHA’)…ON
SATURDAY NIGHT…IT WAS MOM NATURE…TAKING…TOP HONORS…AS SHE DELIVERED…RAIN…AND
50 TO 60 MPH WINDS TO THE FARGO AREA…CAUSING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE…SATURDAY
SHOW… WHICH HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR…AUGUST 12TH…
AND FINALLY…FROM THE…LAND OF CHEESE…ON SUNDAY
NIGHT…FOR $10,000 BUCKS AT CEDAR LAKE SPEEDWAY…IT WAS DONNY SCHATZ COLLECTING
HIS 3RD STRAIGHT WIN…AND HIS 6TH WIN…IN THE MONTH OF
JUNE…AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF…STEVE KINSER…IN 2ND…AND… JOEY
SALDANA…3RD…AGAIN…
THE OUTLAWS WILL SPEND THE…4TH OF JULY
WEEKEND…IN THE…"SHOW ME STATE"…OF MISSOURI AND SINCE WE’LL BE OFF THE
AIR…NEXT MONDAY YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN…TO FIND THOSE RESULTS.
FOLLOWING A…3 WEEK LAY OFF…THE…A.R.C.A. SERIES…RETURNED TO
ACTION…AT…CAYUGA PARK SPEEDWAY…IN OHIO…WHERE THEY PUT A 250 LAPPER INTO THE
HISTORY BOOKS…AND IT WAS JUSTIN ALLGAIER …RECOVERING FROM A…MIDRACE SPIN…TO
TAKE THE WIN…AHEAD OF 8 TIME SERIES CHAMP…FRANK KIMMEL..2ND…AND…SERIES
POINT LEADER…RICKY STENHOUSE…3RD…
PHOENIX’S…GABI DI CARLO…HAD A LESS THAN MEMORABLE
DAY…AS SHE EXITED THE RACE WITH RADIATOR PROBLEMS…AND WAS CREDITED WITH A…23RD
PLACE FINISH AFTER…STARTING THE RACE IN THE 19TH SPOT…
THE…A.R.C.A. BUNCH...WILL NOW TAKE…ANOTHER 3 WEEKS
OFF… BEFORE JOINING UP WITH THE NASCAR TRUCKERS…IN KENTUCKY … ON…JULY 18TH…
THE…U.S.A.C…NATIONAL SPRINT CAR GROUP…ALONG WITH
THE…SILVER CROWNERS…JOINED UP WITH THE…I.R.L…AT…RICHMOND…OVER THE WEEKEND…AND
IN THE SPRINT CAR PORTION OF THE RICHMOND… "OPEN WHEEL"…"THREE-FER"...IT WAS…A
60 LAPPER…WON BY…
THE…NATIONAL SPRINT BUNCH WILL NOW TAKE A WEEK OFF
BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE…8 SHOWS AT…7 TRACKS…IN 12 DAYS…INDIANA SPRINT CAR
CHALLENGE…BEGINNING WITH A PAIR OF SHOWS… IN THE SHADOWS OF THE…SEAGRAMS
WHISKEY DISTILLERY IN LAWERENCEBURG, INDIANA ON…JULY 9TH & 10TH…
AS WE SAID…JOINING IN ON THE…RICHMOND ACTION…WAS
THE SILVER CROWN SERIES RACING FOR ONLY THE 4TH TIME THIS YEAR…AND
IT WAS …51 YEAR OLD…CHET FILIP…PICKING UP…HIS 1ST CHECKERED FLAG IN
10 YEARS…AS HE LED THE FINAL 62 LAPS OF THE 100 LAPPER…TO FINISH AHEAD OF
CAMERON DODSON...IN 2ND…AND…A.J. FIKE…3RD…SO LET’S HEAR
IT FOR THE…OLD GUYS.
RACE # 5 OF THE 10 RACE…SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE…WILL
TAKE PLACE…AT…I.R.P…IN A MONTH …WHEN THEY CONTEST A 100 LAPPER…
F-1…STAR…AFRO-BRIT DRIVER…LEWIS HAMILTON…CONTINUED TO HAVE A DIFFICULT
SEASON AS THIS WEEK…HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH OF A DIFFERENT KIND…PRIOR THE
START OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST YACHT RACES…OVER THE WEEKEND…
BUT UNLIKE HIS RECENT…PIT LANE ERROR…WHEN HE DROVE
INTO THE BACK OF FERRARI'S KIMI "THE FINN" RAIKKONEN…DURING THE CANADIAN GRAND
PARADE…HAMILTON…WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR TODAY'S…PRANG...(BRITISH FOR "SCREW UP")…
HAMILTON…JOINED…3X OLYMPIC MEDALLIST…BEN AINSLIE…AND
…ALEX THOMSON…ON THE OPEN 60 HUGO BOSS…SAILBOAT…FOR THE… ROUND THE
ISLAND…RACE…OFF THE…ISLE OF WIGHT
BEFORE THE RACE GOT UNDER WAYTHE…"BOSS BOAT"…
TRADED PAINT …WITH THE YACHT FARR 45 ATOMIC…WHICH WAS DIS-MASTED…AS IN… "TIMMM-BERRR"…NO
ONE WAS INJURED…
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…JUNE 23, 2008…SHOW)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…CONTESTED THE…TWO NIGHT…"BOOT
HILL" SHOWDOWN…IN…DODGE CITY…OVER THE WEEKEND…WITH FRIDAY’S OPENING ROUND
GOING TO JOEY SALDANA …WHO FINALLY SHED THIS 2008 BRIDESMAID LABEL…
SALDANA…WHO HAD FINISHED…2ND…5 TIMES IN 20 OUTINGS…THIS
SEASON…LED TWICE…TO TAKE THE WIN AHEAD OF…CRAIG DOLLANSKY …IN 2ND…AND…JASON
MEYERS…3RD…
THE SATURDAY…"BOOT HILL" FINALE WENT TO…RR-AZ ALUM…AND… SERIES POINT
LEADER
DONNY SCHATZ…WHO ENTERED…VICTORY LANE …FOR THE…7TH TIME…THIS SEASON
AND THE…77TH TIME OF HIS… OUTLAW CAREER…
DARYN PITTMAN…RAN 2ND…TO SCHATZ…WHILE…FRIDAY WINNER…JOEY
SALDANA COMPLETED THE…"BOOT HILL" PODIUM…
NEXT UP FOR…THE OUTLAWS…IS A FRIDAY SHOW…IN…GRAND FORKS …FOLLOWED BY A
SATURDAY NIGHT IN...FARGO…YA’…HEY…
44…U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WERE IN…KNOXVILLE, IOWA TO RUN A PAIR OF
WEEKEND SHOWS INCLUDING THE…"KNOXVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS"…AND THE…"KING
DOODLEBUG CLASSIC"…
IN THE…OPENING NIGHT…"KING DOODLEBUG" SHOW…AND
WHAT YOU MAY ASK IS THE ORIGINATION OF THE TERM…"KING DOODLEBUG"???
WELL
…ACCORDING
TO…NATIONAL SPEED SPORT NEWS EDITOR…EMERITUS…CHRIS
ECONOMAKI
THE TERM…"DOODLEBUG"…WAS CREATED BY THE…"BIG CAR" (INDY
CAR) GENTRY…IN THE LATE 1930’S …FOR THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR…"MIDGET" CAR…
WALTER E. BULL…WHO FOUNDED THE…ILLUSTRATED SPEEDWAY NEWS …THEN STARTED A CONTEST TO CROWN THE…"KING DOODLEBUG" …EACH
YEAR…AND NOW YOU KNOW…
ANYHOW…THE "KING DOODLEBUG" RACE…WAS WON BY…CALIFORNIA’S …BRAD
SWEET…WHO EARNED HIS 1ST NATIONAL WIN...IN HIS…KASEY KAHNE…OWNED
MIDGET…
THE A.R.C.A. SERIES MOST RECENT WINNER…RICKY STENHOUSE…RAN 2ND…WITH…COLE
WHITT IN THE 3RD SPOT…JERRY COONS, JR…WAS THE TOP FINISHING "ZONIE"…IN
4TH…WHILE… CHAD BOAT …WAS 21ST…
THE…FINAL NIGHT OF THE...KNOXVILLE NATIONALS SAW…BRAD SWEET PASS JERRY
COONS, JR WITH 6 TO GO…TO PICK UP THE WIN…AND FINISH AHEAD OF…COONS,
JR…WHILE…BRADY BACON RAN 3RD…
NEXT UP FOR THE NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WILL BE A…MONTH OFF… BEFORE
RESURFACING ON THE ASPHALT…AT…I.R.P…ON…JULY 24TH…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENT…SATURDAY NIGHT AT…
WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…WHERE IT WAS…GARRETT HANSEN…TAKING THE WIN
IN A FIELD OF…21 SPRINTERS…BLAKE MILLER…RAN 2ND…WITH…TONY JONES…3RD…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…WILL NOW TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
OFF…BEFORE THEIR NEXT SHOW AT… WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…ON THE 4TH
OF JULY…
THE NASCAR…GRAND NATIONAL WEST…SERIES…JOINED THE "NASCAR CUPPERS"…AT
SEARS POINT…ON SATURDAY…WHERE IT WAS…JASON BOWLES…COLLECTING THE WIN AHEAD
OF…POINT LEADER…AND…FAST QUALIFIER…ERIC HOLMES…2ND…AND…JIM
INGLEBRITE…IN THE 3RD SPOT
THE...I.R.L. SUPPORT GROUP…THE…INDY LITES SERIES…WAS…IN NEWTON,
IOWA…SUPPORTING THE IRL-ER’S…AND…PHOENIX’S…ARIE LUYENDYK, JR…STARTED FROM THE
POLE...AND LED MOST OF THE RACE …BUT GOT BOGGED DOWN BY LAPPED TRAFFIC…WHICH
GAVE… POINT LEADER DILLON BATTISTINI…THE OPENING HE NEEDED…TO GET BY…YOUNG
LUYENDYK…WITH JUST A DOZEN LAPS REMAINING IN THE RACE…
BATTISTINI…KEPT IT OUT FRONT TO EARN HIS 3RD WIN OF THE
SEASON ...WHILE…ARIE, JR FINISHED 2ND…AHEAD OF…MS ANA BEATRIZ…WHO
COMPLETED THE…IOWA SPEEDWAY…INDY LITES PODIUM.
FYI…ARIE, JR…SITS…5TH…IN THE SEASON POINT BATTLE…
THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HIT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THEIR…14 RACE SEASON…AT
THE VERY RAINY…MID-OHIO…COURSE…ON SATURDAY WHERE IT WAS JON FOGARTY & ALEX
GURNEY WHEELING THEIR… PONTIAC…TO THE 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON…JUST
AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM OUT OF PHOENIX… DARREN LAW…AND…PORSCHE…CO-DRIVER…DAVID
DONOHUE…WHO HAD THEIR BEST FINISH OF THE SEASON …IN 2ND…WHILE…HUGH
PLUMB & GENE SIGAL…COMPLETED THE PODIUM …IN THEIR…BEEMER…
THE…GRAND-AMER’S…WILL NEXT…HOOK UP…WITH THE…NASCARIANS …AT
DAYTONA ON JULY 3RD…FOR THEIR 8TH RACE OF THE SEASON…
CHAMP CAR FANS…WILL BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT PAUL TRACY MAY HAVE FOUND
WORK AFTER THE COLLAPSE...OF THE SERIES…AS WE HAVE LEARNED
THAT…TRACY…TESTED…TODD BODINE'S RACE TRUCK AT CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY…AND HAS
BEEN SIGNED TO A…ONE-RACE DEAL…
TRACY…WILL DRIVE A GERMAIN RACING TOYOTA…ON SEPTEMBER 20TH…
AT…LAS VEGAS.
IF YOU’RE A RACER…AND YOU’RE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW… BARBECUE GRILL CHECK OUT
THE…"STOCK CAR SHAPED" MODEL …AVAILABLE FROM CASCADE
DEPOT…AND WHICH CAN BE CHECKED OUT AT THEIR WEBSITE AT…CASCADE DEPOT.COM…IT’S…40"
BY 24"…AND COSTS LESS THAN $90. BUCKS…AND YOU’LL BE THE ENVY…OF ALL YOUR…RACIN’
PALS…
CALIFORNIAN…MAURICIA GRANT…THE…LUGNUT COUNTER…WHO IS SUING NASCAR…IN NEW
YORK…FOR… DISCRIMINATION… SEXISM … WRONGFUL DISMISSAL…AND…$225 MILLION…WAS
INTERVIEWED BY…SPORTS ILLUSTRATED…ABOUT THE SUIT…AND…MAURICIA… TELLS SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED…THAT SHE WAS…SO APPALLED AND SICKENED BY HER TREATMENT…WHILE IN
THE EMPLOY OF NASCAR …(2005-2007) THAT SHE BEGAN KEEPING AN…EXCEL SPREADSHEET
LOG…BEGINNING IN…FEBRUARY 2006…AND ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL HER DISMISSAL… (ALMOST
TWO YEARS LATER)… DETAILING EACH…ALLEGED… INCIDENT SHE ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED.
AND MAYBE IT’S JUST US…BUT WE GOTTA’ ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION OF…MAURICIA…AND
HER SCUMBAG…N.Y. LAWYER… "WHY DIDN’T YOU BRING THESE INCIDENTS UP WHEN THEY
OCCURRED ??? …OR WOULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED YOU…AND YOUR SCUMBAG LAWYER…
FROM…TRULY…RIGHTING…THE ALLEGED WRONGS VERSES TRYING TO EXTORT MORE THAN $200
MILLION… FROM A BUSINESS…YOU OBVIOUSLY SET OUT TO…ENTRAP???…JUST ASKIN’…
FRIDAY’S "SPINDOCTOR" FEATURE IN THE…SOCIALIST REPUBLIC SAW…INSIGHT ON…
RR-AZ ALUM…GARY SCELZI…AND "THE CARL"…EDWARDS THAT IS…AND BE SURE TO…CHECK
OUT… FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK…IN THE …ARIZONA SOCIALIST REPUBLIC…AUTHORED
BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT WHO THIS WEEK WILL FOCUS ON…GRAND AM SERIES
CHAMPION SCOTT PRUETT AND…BE SURE TO ALSO CHECK OUT THE "SPINDOCTOR"
MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…BUSINESS OF DRAG RACING COLUMN…AT
WWW.DRAG RACING ON LINE.COM UNDER THE…"ALL BUSINESS" TAB…AND LASTLY…BE
SURE TO VISIT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…RACING BLOG…& THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS
THRU THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM …"LINKS" PAGE
AS USUAL…TONIGHTS RACE RECAPS…LOCAL…NATIONAL…& THE... MINUTIAE…CAN BE
FOUND AT THE RR-AZ WEBSITE AT … RACINGROUNDUP.COM
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM
THE…JUNE 16, 2008…SHOW)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS WINGED SPRINTERS HEADED TO SOUTH
DAKOTA ON FRIDAY THE 13TH WHERE…CRAIG DOLLANSKY EARNED HIS 1ST
OUTLAW CHECKERED FLAG OF THE SEASON FINISHING AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM AND…POINT
LEADER...DONNY SCHATZ…2ND…AND
JASON MEYERS…3RD…
AND THEN ON SATURDAY…IT WAS OFF TO… "BUG EATER
LAND"… AND EAGLE, NEBRASKA RACEWAY WHERE CRAIG DOLLANSKY "SWEPT THE WEEKEND"
WITH HIS 2ND WIN IN TWO NIGHTS AS HE FINISHED AHEAD OF…STEVE KINSER…IN
2ND…AND…JASON MEYERS…IN THE 3RD POSITION.
AND…FYI…LUCAS
WOLFE…THE LEADING CONTENDER…FOR THE…KEVIN GOBRECHT …W.O.O ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
AWARD… WILL BE OUT INDEFINITELY…AFTER SUSTAINING A FRACTURED
T-4 VERTEBRAE…IN HIS BACK…AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY…LAST SUNDAY NIGHT (JUNE 8TH).
NEXT UP FOR THE OUTLAWS…WILL BE A…PAIR OF…COWBOY
"SHOWDOWNS"…IN DODGE CITY, KANSAS…NEXT FRIDAY & SATURDAY…
LAST…THURSDAY NIGHT…AT…WINCHESTER, INDIANA…THE
U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINTERS… LAUNCHED THE…3 SHOW…INDIANA-OHIO… BORDER
WARS…WHERE THE OPENER WAS WON BY DARREN HAGEN… AHEAD OF…COLE WHITT…2ND…AND…TUCSON’S…JERRY
COONS, JR…IN THE 3RD SPOT…THE SAME POSITION HE HOLDS DOWN IN
THE…NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS…
GLENDALE’S…CHAD BOAT…THE YOUNGEST WINNER...IN THE
SERIES HISTORY…WAS SHOWN IN THE 21ST…FINISHING SPOT…
ON…FRIDAY THE 13TH…THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR GROUP WAS OFF TO
SHADY BOWL…MAKE THAT…WATER BOWL…SPEEDWAY…IN…DEGRAFF,
OHIO…WHERE… ROUND # 2…OF THE 14TH EDITION OF THE…OHIO-INDIANA …BORDER
WARS …WAS…RAINED OUT…
ELDORA SPEEDWAY…STILL IN OHIO…WAS THE SCENE OF THE
FINALE OF THE 3 RACE…OHIO-INDIANA…CLASH…AND IT WAS…TRACY HINES… REBOUNDING
FROM A…FRIDAY NIGHT…"FLIP OUT"…TO EARN THE WIN AHEAD OF…JESSE HOCKETT…IN 2ND…AND…CHAD
BOAT…BACK ON THE PODIUM…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
JERRY COONS, JR…HAD AN VERY UNEVENTFUL
FINISH…TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG IN THE…16TH SPOT…
THE NATIONAL SPRINT GROUP WILL NOW PARK ‘EM FOR A
COUPLE OF WEEKS…BEFORE HEADING TO…RICHMOND…ON…JUNE 27TH…FOR A JOINT
SHOW WITH THE…SILVER CROWN BUNCH…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENTSATURDAY
NIGHT AT SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY
IN CALIFORNIA …WHERE THERE WERE ONLY …20 CARS…IN THE PITS…AND…"NO ZONIES"…
WERE IN THE FIELD…BUT WE’LL REPORT ON IT ANYWAY…SO WE’RE HERE TO TELL YOU
THAT… TYLER BROWN…TOOK THE WIN…AHEAD OF LAST WEEK’S WINNER … POINT LEADER MIKE
SPENCER… IN 2ND…AND…DANNY SHERIDAN…3RD…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…RETURN HOME TO…
WEASLEY NAMED…PERRIS SPEEDWAY…FOR THEIR NEXT EVENT...NEXT WEEKEND…
THE A.R.C.A. FOLKS…JOINED UP WITH THE…NASCAR-IANS…FOR
THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK AS THEY SHOWED UP IN MICHIGAN AND RAN ON
SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWING A FRIDAY RAIN OUT BUT IT DIDN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TO ROOKIE JUSTIN LOFTON…OUT OF CALIFORNIA WHO LED THE 100 LAPPER’S FINAL 11
CIRCUITS…TO RECORD HIS 1ST SERIES WIN AHEAD OF FELLOW ROOKIE POINT
LEADER AND LAST WEEK’S WINNER…RICKY STENHOUSE WHO FINISHED 2ND
WHILE NOT A ROOKIE BUT 8 TIME SERIES CHAMP… FRANK KIMMEL COMPLETED THE PODIUM
PHOENIX’S…MS. GABI DI CARLO…FINISHED 15TH
IN THE 43 CAR FIELD …AFTER STARTING THE RACE IN THE 26TH SPOT…
THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…WILL NOW TAKE A PAIR OF WEEKS
OFF…TO PREPARE FOR THE…200 LAP SHORT TRACK AFFAIR…AT…CAYUGA SPEEDWAY…ON…JUNE
29TH…
THE…1ST DIESEL POWERED CAR…IN
HISTORY…AN AUDI…DRIVEN BY… …RINALDO CAPELLO …TOM KRISTENSEN…AND…ALAN MC NISH…
PREVAILED THRU A …13 HOUR RAIN…TO TAKE THE WIN AHEAD OF…55 COMPETITORS…IN
THE…76TH EDITION OF THE…24 HOURS OF LE MANS AHEAD OF A PAIR
OF…PEUGEOTS…DRIVEN BY FOLKS…YOU’VE PROBABLY…NEVER HEARD OF…SO WE WON’T WASTE
YOUR TIME…OR OURS…TRYING TO MIS-PRONOUNCE THEIR NAMES.
THE TOP 5 NASCAR TEAMS…VALUE WISE…AS RANKED
BY…FORBES…ARE…HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT $335 MILLION…ROUSH FENWAY RACING $313
MILLION…JOE GIBBS RACING $184 MILLION… GILLETT EVERNHAM MOTORSPORTS $150
MILLION…AND RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING $130 MILLION
THE TOP 5…HIGHEST PAID DRIVERS…ACCORDING TO FORBES: 1. JEFF GORDON: $32
MILLION; 2. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: $31 MILLION; 3. JIMMIE JOHNSON: $23 MILLION;
4. TONY STEWART: $19 MILLION; AND 5. KASEY KAHNE: $14 MILLION.
AND OUR FINAL BIT OF MINUTIAE…AND THIS IS REALLY
THE…"MINUTIAE OF THE MINUTIAE" HONDA…HAS CONFIRMED THAT…"CUPCAKE DIVA"
…DANICA PATRICK… WILL GET A TEST IN ONE OF ITS…FORMULA ONE CARS…LATER THIS
YEAR…AFTER…THE SEASON IS OVER…
DANICA…SHOULD BE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN THE…NO
RACING…JUST DRIVING…PARADE SERIES CARS…BUT WE RECOMMEND SHE BRING HER
OWN…PRINCESS TIARA…WITH HER AS HONDA HAS NO CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A WIN…IN
F-1…AND…DANICA’S…PRESENCE WILL MERELY SERVE TO…CONFIRM…THAT…FACT!!
NASCAR AT MICHIGAN...IF THERE’S NO GOOD
NEWS…INVENT…GOOD NEWS…AS WITH JR.’S …"DANICA 1ST PLACE
FINISH"…MOMENT…
NASCAR…IN A PRIVATE MEETING…TELLING DRIVERS TO QUIT COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE TIRES C.O.T…HEAT IN CARS…ETC… "QUIT BADMOUTHING THE PRODUCT…WHEN IT IS
PAYING YOUR SALARY"…AND YOU FANS…QUIT BITCHIN’…AND…GIVE US THE
MONEY!!!…WE GOT...RACES TO "FIX"…AND…LAWSUITS TO PAY…
BE SURE TO…CHECK OUT…FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK…IN THE ARIZONA SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC AUTHORED BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR" …MICHAEL KNIGHT…WHO THIS WEEK WILL FOCUS
ON
RR-AZ ALUM …GARY SCELZI…AND…"THE CARL"…EDWARDS …THAT IS…AND…BE SURE TO ALSO…
CHECK OUT THE "SPINDOCTOR"… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S …BUSINESS OF DRAG
RACING COLUMN…AT WWW.DRAG RACING ON LINE.COM …UNDER THE…"ALL
BUSINESS" TAB…AND LASTLY…BE SURE TO VISIT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…RACING BLOG…&
THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THRU THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM …"LINKS" PAGE
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…JUNE 9, 2008…SHOW)
THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…WINGED SPRINTERS…SPENT THE
WEEKEND …DODGIN’ TORNADO’S IN…KNOXVILLE, IOWA…OVER THE WEEKEND …BEGINNING WITH
A…FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW THAT SAW…SHANE STEWART…PUT AWAY HIS…BRIDESMAID OUTFIT…AND
PICK UP HIS 1ST TROPHY OF THE 2008 SEASON…WHEN HE PASSED…RR-AZ
ALUM…AND SERIES POINT LEADER…DONNY SCHATZ…WITH 4 TO GO…TO EARN THE 25 LAP WIN…
THE NIGHT’S…2ND FAST
QUALIFIER…SCHATZ…HUNG ON FOR ANOTHER 2ND…JUST AHEAD OF JASON
MEYERS…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…STILL AT…KNOXVILLE…RR-AZ
ALUM…DONNY SCHATZ APPARENTLY
TIRED OF RUNNING 2ND…MOVED IT UP A NOTCH …AND WON HIS…4TH
MAIN EVENT OF THE YEAR AS HE TOOK THE WIN AHEAD OF…JOEY SALDANA…2ND…AND
ANOTHER…RR-AZ ALUM…TERRY MC CARL…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
AND FINALLY…ON SUNDAY…AT…TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY…IN
PONTOON BEACH, ILLINOIS…IN THE 3RD STRAIGHT NIGHT OF RACING…IT WAS…
DONNY SCHATZ…MAKING IT TWO WINS…IN TWO NIGHTS AS HE PICKED UP HIS 75TH
CAREER WIN…AHEAD OF…JASON MEYERS…IN 2ND…AND THE…KING OF THE
OUTLAWS…STEVE KINSER…3RD…
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…THE OUTLAWS…WILL RUN A…STAND ALONE
… ONE NIGHT SHOW…AT THE…"SHOW ME" STATES…MISSOURI STATE
FAIRGROUNDS…IN…SEDALIA, MISSOURI…
THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL SPRINTERS…WERE SCHEDULED TO RUN A "FOURPLE" OF
SHOWS LAST WEEK …AND IT WAS…MOM NATURE… USING…RAIN…TO COLLECT THE WIN
ON…TUESDAY NIGHT AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY…IN PENNSYLVANIA…AND THEN ON…
WEDNESDAY…MOM NATURE COLLECTED HER 4TH WIN OF THE 2008
CAMPAIGN…WITH A RAINOUT…AT…WILLIAMS GROVE…
ON THURSDAY NIGHT…AT…BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY…ALSO IN
PENNSYLVANIA…IT WAS…COLE WHITT…PICKING UP THE WIN AHEAD OF…LEVI JONES IN 2ND…AND…DAVE
DARLAND…3RD…
ZONIES IN THE FIELD...INCLUDED 2ND FAST
QUALIFIER…JERRY COONS… FINISHING…5TH WHILE
THE "BULLETT"…BOB REAM. JR…RAN 8TH… WITH…CHAD BOAT…BEING SHOWN…17TH…
IN THE FINAL OF THE…U.S.A.C. SPRINT…"FOURPLE"…AT…HAGERSTOWN,
PA …GLENDALE’S CHAD BOAT EARNED HIS 1ST U.S.A.C. NATIONAL WIN…AND
HE DID IT THE HARD WAY COMING THRU THE SEMI TO FINISH AHEAD OF…COLE WHITT…2ND…AND…HEAT
WINNER TUCSON’S…JERRY COONS, JR. 3RD…
THE "BULLET…BOB REAM, JR…FINISHED 10TH…AFTER
TRANSFERRING THRU THE SEMI…WITH CHAD…
NEXT UP FOR THE…NATIONAL SPRINTERS…WILL BE A
DATE…AT… WINCHESTER, INDIANA THIS THURSDAY NIGHT…IN THE 1ST ROUND
OF A 3 RACE SET…SPANNING…INDIANA & OHIO
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A. "CAL SPRINTERS"…SPENT SATURDAY
NIGHT AT… WEASLEY NAMED
PERRIS SPEEDWAY…WHERE ONLY 23 SPRINTERS SHOWED UP…AND RICKIE GAUNT WAS THE
BEST OF THEM…AS HE WON THE 30 LAP MAIN…AHEAD OF…DANY SHERIDAN…IN 2ND…AND
… GARRETT HANSEN…3RD…
THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A./CAL SPRINTERS…HEAD TO…SANTA
MARIA, CALIFORNIA…FOR THEIR 15TH EVENT...NEXT WEEKEND…
THE A.R.C.A. FOLKS…JOINED UP WITH THE…NASCARIANS…AT THE POCONO
TRIANGLE…ON SATURDAY…WHERE…EX-OPEN WHEELER…AND SERIES POINT LEADER…RICKY
STENHOUSE TOOK THE WIN AHEAD OF SCOTT SPEED…IN 2ND…WHILE…WASHINGTON’S…TAYLOR
MALSAM RAN 3RD…
MS. GABI DI CARLO…OUT OF PHOENIX…RECORDED A 10TH
PLACE FINISH IN THE 200 MILER AFTER STARTING 23ED…GOOD JOB GABI…!!!!
THE A.R.C.A. BUNCH…STAYS LINKED UP…WITH THE
NASCARIANS…AT MICHIGAN...NEXT WEEKEND…
THE NASCAR "WEST" SERIES CONTESTED ROUND # 5 OF
THEIR 12 RACE SCHEDULE AT COLORADO NATIONAL…SATURDAY NIGHT…IN A 150 LAPPER…WON
BY…ERIC HOLMES…AHEAD OF…MIKE DAVID…IN 2ND… AND…JASON BOWLES…IN THE
3RD POSITION…PHOENIX’S...MOSES SMITH…WAS SHOWN FINISHING…6TH…
THE…GRAND AM SERIES…HEADED TO…WATKINS GLEN…FOR A 6
HOUR AFFAIR…THAT SAW SCOTT PRUETT & MEMO ROJAS…WHEEL THEIR LEXUS…TO THEIR 4TH
WIN OF THE SEASON FINISHING AHEAD OF…RR-AZ ALUM…OUT OF PHOENIX…DARREN
LAW…AND…CO-DRIVER DAVID DONOHUE’S…PORSCHE… IN 2ND…AND…THE PONTIAC
OF…MAX ANGELLELLI…AND…MIKE VALIENTE…3RD…
LEADING INTO THE DIRT LATE MODEL…"DREAM" AT ELDORA
SPEEDWAY WAS A WEDNESDAY NIGHT…NASCAR CHALLENGE… RAISING $1 MILLION
DOLLARS…FOR THE "VICTORY JUNCTION GANG"… WHICH WAS WON BY…HOST…TONY
STEWART…AHEAD OF…DIRT TRACK ROOKIE ROBBY GORDON…IN THE 2ND
SPOT…WITH…CLINT BOWYER… COMPLETING THE PODIUM…
PHOENIX’S…J.J. YELEY…WHO HAS HAD
TROUBLE…TRANSITIONING FROM TO…STOCK CARS IN NASCAR…WAS…COMPLETELY CONFUSED IN
THE… DIRT LATE MODEL…AT ELDORA…AS HE SPUN IN HIS HEAT…AND THEN …SPUN 3 MORE
TIMES…IN THE MAIN…BEFORE BEING "PARKED" VIA THE… "3 CAUTION RULE"…
123 "DIRT LATE MODELS…(23 LESS THAN LAST
YEAR)…CHECKED IN AND QUALIFIED…FOR THE $100,000. DOLLAR…"ELDORA DREAM"
… WHICH SAW… "YING-YANG"…SCOTT BLOOMQUIST PICK UP HIS 5TH CAREER…
"DREAM WIN"…AHEAD OF…BRIAN BIRKHAUFER…2ND…AND… STEVE CLANTON…THE
NIGHT’S FAST QUALIFIER…3RD…
THAT "SUCKING SOUND" YOU HEARD ON SUNDAY WAS THE
NASCAR T.V. COVERAGE GOING AMAZINGLY GOING FROM…BAD TO WORSE…AS THE… "BOOGITY"…HILLBILLY
ACT…OF FOX HAS BEEN PARKED IN FAVOR OF "GAY FOR NASCAR"…BILL WEBBER…"MALE
CHEERLEADER" SQUEALING HIS LOVE FOR NASCAR…ON…CABLE…TNT…RATHER
THAN NETWORK …NBC (12) WHICH WAS COVERING…THAT RATINGS BEHEMOTH…AKA…
GYMNASTICS…
"THE CARL"…WILL BE IN PHOENIX ON THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH…FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM…GO TO THE P.I.R. WEBSITE…FOR THE
DETAILS…
BE SURE TO…CHECK OUT…FRIDAY’S RACIN’ NOTEBOOK IN
THE ARIZONA SOCIALIST REPUBLIC AUTHORED BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL
KNIGHT…WHICH WILL INCLUDE A VISIT WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI…NASCAR’S "NEWEST"
WINNER…
AND…BE SURE TO ALSO…CHECK OUT THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL
KNIGHT’S…BUSINESS OF DRAG RACING COLUMN…AT WWW.DRAG
RACING ON LINE.COM…UNDER THE…"ALL BUSINESS" TAB…AND LASTLY…BE SURE TO
VISIT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S …RACING BLOG…& THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THRU THE…RACING
ROUNDUP.COM …"LINKS" PAGE
AS USUAL…ALL RESULTS & RECAPS ON RACING ROUNDUP.COM
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…JUNE 2, 2008…SHOW)
THE U.S.A.C. NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES…HEADED TO
THE...BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN THE LAND OF CHEESE…FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THEY
SUFFERED THEIR 1ST RAINOUT IN 8 EVENTS THIS SEASON.
THE…NATIONAL MIDGETEERS…WILL NOW TAKE A…3 WEEK BREA … BEFORE RETURNING
TO ACTION…WITH A…DOUBLE HEADER…IN… KNOXVILLE, IOWA…AT THE END OF THE MONTH…
ON THE HEELS OF…6 RAINOUTS…THIS SEASON…THE…WINGED
SPRINTERS OF THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS…GOT A CHANCE TO RACE FRIDAY NIGHT…IN…ATTICA,
OHIO…WHERE IT WAS RR-AZ ALUM… DONNY SCHATZ…COLLECTING HIS…2ND WIN
OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN…AND THE…72ND CHECKERED FLAG…OF HIS…OUTLAW
CAREER…AS HE PREVAILED IN THE 40 LAPPER…AHEAD OF…JOEY SALDANA…2ND…
AND…SHANE STEWART…IN THE 3RD SPOT…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…THE OUTLAWS…STILL IN
OHIO…CONTESTED A 30 LAPPER AT…TONY STEWART’S…RACE PLACE…ELDORA RACEWAY … WHERE
IT WAS…DONNY SCHATZ…WINNING AT THE…BOSS’ TRACK… WHEN HE PASSED…"FORMER"…POINT
LEADER…JASON MEYERS WITH 4 TO GO…TO PICK UP THE WIN…AND…TAKE THE SERIES POINT
LEAD…IN THE PROCESS…
AND…FOR THE 2ND
NIGHT IN A ROW…JOEY SALDANA…RAN 2ND…WHILE …ALSO FOR THE 2ND
NIGHT IN A ROW…SHANE STEWART…RAN 3RD…
THE OUTLAWS WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACK THEIR 80 RACE
SCHEDULE …NEXT WEEKEND…WITH A PAIR OF SHOWS…AT…KNOXVILLE RACEWAY …IN…IOWA…AND
NOW…YOU HAVE ALL THE OUTLAW NEWS…T HAT’S OUT THERE…
THE INDY PRO SERIES…WAS AT THE…MILWAUKEE
MILE…ALONG WITH THE I.R.L.- ER’S AND RATHER THAN GO TO CHURCH…THEY INSTEAD PUT
A 100 LAPPER INTO THE BOOKS ON SUNDAY MORNING…WHICH SAW…BOBBY WILSON…SITTING
IN THE FRONT PEW…WHILE…RR-AZ ALUM JEFF SIMMONS…SAT 2ND…WITH…RAPHAEL
MATOS…HOLDING DOWN THE 3RD SPOT…
PHOENIX’S…ARIE LUYENDYK, JR…WHO IS…5TH
IN THE I.P.S. CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS FINISHED IN THE 8TH
POSITION…
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY
MOTORING
